Windrush

Five specially commissioned short stories relating to the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the SS Windrush from the West Indies.

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Description
01	Give Me My Wars	19980615		by Diran Adebayo, read by Eddie Nestor. A man with a secret reflects on the under-achievements of those in his neighbourhood.
02	My Children Are Movers	19980616	19980621	by Grace Nichols, read by Adjoa Andoh. A mythic Caribbean woman recalls the experiences of her scattered children.
03	Native	19980617	19980622	written and read by Rikki Beadle-Blair. A West Indian boy's tale about being trapped between two cultures when his mother decides to bring him up British.
04	Out Of Hand	19980618	19990502	by Jackie Kay, read by Marianne Jean-Baptiste. How was it that when Rose arrived in England she thought she was coming home?
05 LAST	Muscular Bridges	19980619		written and read by Ian Rashid. A mother-and-son story which takes a wry look at romance, colonialism and sexuality.